Wednesday, January 25, 2012

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - BREAKFAST WITH PENANG MURTABAK SPECIAL

If this is the first time you heard about murtabak, here an explanation by Wikipedia :-

Martabak or
murtabak, also mutabbaq, (Arabic: مطبق‎)
is a stuffed pancake or pan-fried bread which is commonly found in Saudi Arabia
(especially the Hejaz region), Yemen, Indonesia, Malaysia,Thailand, Singapore,
and Brunei. Depending on the location, the name and ingredients can
significantly vary. The name mutabbaq (or sometimes mutabbag) in Arabic means
"folded".

In Malaysia,
where it is called "Murtabak", it is sold by Mamak salesmen, and
usually includes minced mutton, along with garlic, egg and onion, and is eaten
withcurry sauce. Murtabak also usually includes mutton in Yemen. In Indonesia,
particularly Jakarta, it is called "martabak", and has two versions:
a sweet one, and a savory one. Vegetarian murtabaks exist, too, and can be
found around Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood, among other
places.

This is my breakfast today, yesterday I made some roti canai, I reserved some of the dough for this murtabak. I made the beef fillings and onion relish , somehow a "copycat" recipe from the Mamak Restuarant. The best murtabak I've eaten was the Singapore Murtabak and of course Penang Hameediah Murtabak. Really yummy. Not many like to make murtabak at home..since the mamak made the best murtabak it is usually more convenient to have it outside. It's quite taxing preparing the dough and inserting the filling inside the murtabak. Since I am an amateur cook I don't it the mamak's way I did it my way..I fried the fillings first, inserted the filling into the spread dough, parcel it up and fry..ha...ha...some cheating in action..anyhow the results turned out the same.!!!

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A HR Practitioner by profession, a mother of four lovely daughter and a son, a sister of 5 siblings,and an ordinary person with strong passion in cooking.I welcome all of you to my kitchen and share the cooking experience together. My hope is to inspire working mum and teens to get in the kitchen. It is a good therapy for bonding good relationship between moms and daugther. HAPPY COOKING and enjoy the JOY and PLEASURE of being your home CHEF.